China’s Space Projects on US Doorstep Have Military Worried

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. China’s space infrastructure in Latin America is the biggest outside of China and raises questions that need answers, the commander of the U.S. Southern Command said in rare public comments this week. Admiral Alvin Holsey said SouthCom would soon establish its own Space South command. The scale of China’s regional space infrastructure was underlined by a Newsweek investigation into a joint Chinese observatory being built by a Chinese…